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The Smart City Connection

Technology, policy and IoT connecting the smart city You may have heard of the term “Connector” popularized by Malcom Gladwell’s The Tipping Point. I am one of them and I know that Connectors are happiest when they are doing these two things: (1) Connecting people or...

Smart city solutions: India’s presidential estate selects IBM

The official home of the President of India is to deploy IBM’s smart city solutions to become a smart township. Tech companies are set to pay growing attention to India’s booming smart city solutions market. The Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official home of the President of...

Report: the top 5 smart cities in the world

Smart cities need good examples: a new report ranked Singapore as the top smart city in the world. But, four other cities in Europe and the U.S. are also doing a great job at deploying smart infrastructure. Juniper Research’s 2016 global ranking of smart cities ranked Singapore...

Sensity aims for China’s smart city market

The smart city market in China is set to soar: over 500 cities have announced plans to implement smart city systems. China’s smart city market is poised for high growth in the coming years, as the Chinese government aims for a 70 percent urbanization rate by...

Benchmarking the development of a smart city

NICE, France – The concept of a smart city, along with the underlying technology and adoption strategies, were a key topic at TM Forum Live this week. But, as smart cities continue to gain traction, how can the industry gauge maturity and progress? In an...

Vodafone wants progress today for ‘gigabit society’ tomorrow

LONDON – In previous years, a speaker on the stage at Small Cells World Summit who claimed: "The 5G network looks a lot like a small cell network,” would almost certainly have been an equipment vendor. The vendors in this market, and industry body Small...

Smart cities: Start locally, think globally

NICE, France--In an exclusive interview with TM Forum Vice President of Strategic Programs Carl Piva, RCR Wireless News learned about the group's growing emphasis on smart cities technology, as well as the outlook for adoption, potential pitfalls and more. Although not specifically defined, smart cities...

Garden Sharing wins smart cities hack competition

Using IBM API and TM Forum tools, Garden Sharing wins TM Forum Live Open Hack focused on smart cities tech NICE, France--Ahead of the start of TM Forum Live!, teams of developers from around the world competed in a smart cities themed hacking competition ultimately...

Show me the Industrial IoT Money – Opportunity for investment

Within the telecoms industry, views differ widely on the scale of the IoT investment opportunity Asked at a recent conference when the Internet of Things (IoT) will make a material difference to his company’s financial performance, the CEO of one major telecoms operator replied: “Not in my...

Kansas City launches $15.7 million smart city program with Sprint, Cisco

The new Kansas City smart city program, in partnership with Sprint, Cisco and ThinkBig, will see free wifi, smart lighting and interactive kiosks deployed downtown. Kansas City has partnered with Cisco, Sprint and ThinkBig on a smart city program, which aims to make the city...

Smart cities could cut costs by 30% with open IoT standards

Smart cities could waste $341 billion by 2025 by implementing non-standardized IoT solutions. The lack of open Internet of Things (IoT) standards has often been blamed for slowing down widespread adoption of IoT solutions. Implementing non-standardized IoT solutions could also prove costly. New research by Machina Research...

Ericsson IoT Accelerator meant to speed time-to-market

Cloud-based, SaaS IoT Accelerator addresses transport, energy and public safety With numerous projections pegging the value of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in the trillions of dollars, it's apparent that carriers, enterprises and developers have a huge, albeit complex, opportunity to transform their businesses and...

Australia unveils $38.3 million smart cities plan

PM shares vision for a 30-minute city, announces funding Not a day goes by without a new city or a new country unveiling an ambitious plan for smart cities. With 80% of its economic activity taking place in cities, Australia needs a game plan for...

3 smart city use cases: Amsterdam, Busan and Nice

Smart city use cases highlight role of Internet of Things We've all heard the term smart cities, but it covers a broad swatch of technologies and applications. To get a better idea of the underlying vision, let's take a look at three smart city use...

Building smart cities: Why fiber is key

High-capacity fiber networks support big data, cloud computing that’s central to smart cities applications Smart cities are taking a number of different forms as urban managers scale pilot projects into larger, citywide deployments that facilitate everything from more manageable traffic to increase efficiency in utility...

Ericsson to conduct smart city feasibility study in Hong Kong

The smart city project aims to transform Kowloon East district into a new business area Swedish vendor Ericsson has teamed with U.S.-based professional services company Arup to carry out a smart city feasibility study, following the Hong Kong government’s vision of developing Hong Kong into...

Nokia, Zain bring smart city project in Saudi Arabia

Municipal services, business climate targeted by smart city projects in Jeddah Saudi mobile telephony operator Zain KSA and Finish vendor Nokia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on a smart city initiative in Jeddah. Under the terms MoU, Nokia and Zain will apply...

The smart grid and its key role in the Industrial IoT

Industrial Internet Consortium member organizations Real-Time Innovations (RTI), National Instruments and Cisco are currently working on a communications and control testbed for microgrid applications. These three companies are working with power utilities CPS Energy and Southern California Edison in the initiative. A traditional power grid...

How the Industrial IoT is driving water conservation

The culmination of mass urbanization coupled with the near- and long-term implications of climate change is straining global water resources from the highly developed metropolitan areas of Southern California to developing nations in the heart of Africa. Utilities providers, academia and research organizations are all...

Industrial IoT data disrupting energy sector

Microgrid movement, behavioral data are changing generation/distribution paradigm As data generated by Industrial IoT appliances creates a clear picture of how consumer behavior impacts the power grid, the energy sector is becoming increasingly aware of the disruptive potential of hyper local power generation. Growing traction around...

Extreme IoT: Wisdom of the Earth

Austin is a laboratory for IoT 5G innovation and a microcosm of the global trend towards urbanization Known to many as home to South by Southwest, barbecue, live music and 6th Street revelry, Austin, Texas, has emerged as a “laboratory for innovation” according to...

Top 50 Industrial IoT (IIoT) 5G Industrialists and Innovators

RCR Wireless News recognizes inaugural list of leaders fueling the Fourth Industrial Revolution RCR Wireless News, a leading source of wireless, telecom and mobile technology news and actionable intelligence since 1982, recognized today its inaugural selection of leading Industrial IoT (IIoT) 5G Industrialists and Innovators....

Etisalat, Huawei trial smart parking in UAE

Etisalat targeting additional verticals with LPWA and NB IoT Huawei and Middle East telecom operator Etisalat conducted a trial of smart parking technology in the United Arab Emirates. The live trial of narrow-band "Internet of Things" technology used the end-to-end infrastructure based on Etisalat's live...

Austin Energy eco-district showcases smart city tech

AUSTIN, Texas – The 2016 Energy Thought Summit, geared toward innovative approaches to energy management and sustainability, highlighted an important aspect of the growing smart city trend. Representatives from Austin Energy and the City of Austin showcased the local initiatives at the Seaholm eco-district. The...